What to see, by theme

If you already know what you feel like seeing, start here. If what you have decided is the area, go to the index by place.

• Beaches 1191More than a thousand beaches, from white sand and shingle to coves open to the Atlantic and river beaches inland.
• Coves and pebble beaches 53The small inlets of the coast: coves, shingle beaches, sea caves and bays, many without sand and almost without people.
• Ports and sea 1342Fishing ports, quays, marinas, lighthouses and shipyards: the side Galicia lives from.
• Lighthouses 82The Galician coast has the highest concentration of lighthouses in Spain, and nearly all can be visited from outside.
• Hillforts 2572Fortified Iron Age settlements: Galicia has thousands, and many remain unexcavated.
• Dolmens and rock art 2637Barrows, dolmens and rocks carved five thousand years ago, many in the middle of the hills and unsignposted.
• Waterfalls 216Waterfalls of every size, from those that drop into the sea to those hidden in a wood.
• Viewpoints 523The spots from which you best grasp the shape of an estuary, a canyon or a mountain range.
• Manor houses 1026The Galician manor house: stone, camellias, a granary and its own chapel.
• Castles and fortresses 262From the romanised hillfort to the medieval stronghold: towers, walls and castles all over Galicia.
• Monasteries and cathedrals 181Cistercian, Romanesque and Baroque: the great religious complexes that organised the land.
• Romanesque 6999Galicia is one of the territories with the most rural Romanesque in the world, often in a village of ten people.
• Wayside crosses 3631The folk sculpture that has marked crossroads, churchyards and parish boundaries for centuries.
• Granaries and mills 4495The architecture of work: raised granaries, water mills, dovecotes and wolf traps.
• Hot springs and spas 56Ourense is the city with the most thermal water in Europe, and there are free pools on the banks of the Miño.
• Islands 119From the Cíes to Sálvora and Ons: the Atlantic Islands National Park and the islands nobody visits.
• Nature 4226Woods, mountain ranges, centuries-old oak groves, canyons and protected areas.
• Museums 1245From the Museo do Pobo Galego to writers' houses and the interpretation centres of every comarca.
• Wineries and markets 364The five denominations of origin, the markets of always and the craft workshops.
• With children 6190Beaches, museums, castles, lighthouses and picnic areas: places where an afternoon with the family is not uphill work.
• Hidden gems 449Places with a lot to see that almost nobody looks up. It is not an opinion: real Wikipedia visits are weighed against the standing of the monument.
• Pretty towns 1781The old quarters, the old bridges and the squares that make a town worth stopping for.
• For a rainy day 5042Museums, monasteries, wineries, spas and markets: what you can see without getting wet on the day it will not stop.
• Places of legend 425Moors' houses, serpent stones and fairy springs: the places the locals gave a storybook name.